Mount for guns



Jan. 24, 1928. 1,657,009

E. c. GOEBERT MOUNT FOR GUNS Filed June 9, 1.92.6 2 eets-Sheet 1 I smut Elmer E. Guebert Jan. 24, 1928.

- 1,657,009 E. C. GOEBERT MOUNT FOR GUNS Filed June 9, 1926 2 Sheets-Shem 2 Elmer c. ED511514 w, &/%%M 1 Patented Jan. 24, 1928.

inane ELMER C. GOEBERT, OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MOUNT FOR GUNS.

Serial No. 114,861.

(GRANTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1883, 22 STAT. L, 625.)

The invention described herein may be used by the Government, or any of its officers or employees in prosecution of work for the Government, or by any other person in the United States, without payment to me of any royalty thereon, in accordance with the act of March 3, 1883. y

This invention relates to a mount guns.

In the construction of Wheeled gun mounts it is desirable that the lower carriage be connected to the axle in such a mannor that the mount may travel over rough ground without injurious shocks and strains and that the connection be rendered comparatively rigid and free from vibration when the gun is in the firing position.

In the traveling position the carriage is suspended by means of suitable springs but for thing the weight of the carriage must be relieved from the springs and a rigid or semi-rigid connection established usually by passing a pin through the axle and the carriage. Vfith the type of pin shown in Patent No. 1,579,484 condiserable difficulty has been experienced in moving the 'pin to its operative or firingvposition and accordingly it is one of the objects of the present invention to provide positive meansfor rotating the pin.

Another object consists in providing an areuate bearing for the carriage so thatit may have relative angular movement with respect to the axle in both the traveling and firing positions.

l/Vith these and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel ar-' rangement and combination of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made withinthe scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front view in elevation and partly in section of a Wheeled gun mount constructed in accordance with the invention and showing the carriage in the firing position. 7

Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation showing the carriage in the traveling position;

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Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan View, partly 111 section;

Fi 5 is a fragmentary view in front elevation partly in section;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view. in front elevation of the axle;

Fig. 7 is a detail view in side elevation of the pivot pin;

Fig. 8 is a front elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference:

The gun mount includes an axle 5 which passes within a housing 6 at the forward portion of the bottom carriage 7 and which is capable of vertical movement with respect thereto.

The carriage is resiliently connected to "the axle by means of a leaf spring 8 hung from the axle by arms 9 and is supported thereby normally in the traveling posit-ion. In order that the members may have relative angular movement when in the firing well as in the traveling position, the bearing 10 on which the carriage rests is preferably arcuate and carries an upstanding guide pin 11 disposed in a transverse slot 12 in the housing 6.

The pivot pin 13 carried by the axle is of the usual cylindrical type except that adjacent the axle it is symmetrically cut away to form oblong portions 14 positioned in bearings-15 and 16, respectively, in the front and rear vertical walls of the housing. As noted in Fig. 2, these hearings are partially circular and partially rectilinear while as seen in Fig. 6 the opening 17 in the axle is of similar outline to provide for insertion of the pin. In the traveling position when the Weight of the carriage is borne by the spring, the oblong portions of the pin are in the horizontal or inoperative adjustment and in the firing position theoblong portions are in the vertical adjustment engaging the bear ings and consequently restraining the carriage against vertical movement.

For the purpose of rotating the pin to its operative position in taking the weight of the carriage off the spring there is provided a self locking worm gearing comprising a worm 18 meshing with a worm wheel 19 on the foremost end of the pivot pin.

Important advantages gained by placing the bearings in the carriage instead of the axle consist in the reduction in the cost of construction'and in the fac tthatas the c-a'rv riage rocks, the vertical adjustment of-the pivotwith respect to its hearings will not be disturbed.

, I claim:

1. A wheeled gun niount including :a car- E riageprovidecl in its front and rear walls with hearings partially circular and partially rectilineaiyan axle passing through the carriage, a spring carried by the-axle for 'i'e- 1 siliently supporting the carriage, a pivot pin inserted through the axle and formed with oblong portions disposed in the. bearings, said' 'portions' adapted {when} in vertical adjustment to engage the bearings and-"lock the carriage against rectilinearmovement relative to the axle and when inhorizontal adjustment to permit relative. Vertical move ment of the axle and carriage andworm gearing for inoving'thepivotpnrto lte positione of adjustment.

2. A Wheeled gun nooi'lnt' including'a carriage provided infits front and rear Walls with bearings partially circular and partially' rectilinear, an, axle fpas'sing" tlirough the carri'age aispring carriedrby the axle for resiliently supporting the carriage, a pivot pin inserted v tli'roi'igh the axle and formed with oblong portions disposed in the hearings, said'port ons adapted when 1n vertical adjustmenttoengage the bearings and lock the. carriage against rectilinear movement relative to'theaxle and when in horizontal I i i 'adjr'istrnent to permit relative yertical n oveinent'ot the" axle and carriage 3. A Wheeled gun mountincluding a pear-"y riage; an a'x-le therefor, a pin joui'naled in the axle and; adjustable While inplace-t'o make or break pivotal connection. between j the carriageand axle and worl n gearing for actuating the-pin.

4. A wheeled gunin'oxint including a m-axle, a flat spring carriedthere-by, an arcuate bearingon the spring, and a carriage' surroundn'ig'the aXlesuppor-ted on the bearing.

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